Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-08-31

sens reluetAnsly. to concede equ ahty iu soil and irrigation and fruits, but ve
 nail our flag to the mast on the prop,- sision ot climate. Is Arizona to ieasc
 us nothing1 Are all the illusions h
 our childhood to be dispclled at ono,
 and % rudelyf h California to Se en- tifely eclipsed and overshadosed by
 Aiizona.
 "But % RoeA Thirty years agc.
 or . littie more, ve ourselves were im-
 porting flour from Chili and wheat from
 O,egon. because n was thought wse
 could not raise wheat in California Ten
 years ago the prevalent idea of the pro-
 duction of Arizona was limited O
 horned toadA mescal and Apaches {;
 and nov her people are talking about
 climate and green fruits. and are buiid.'
 ing railroads and irrigating canals, and
 raising early grapes. and going ahead
 eeneraIly.
 i've give t up. The Great Ameri.
 can desert has become only the shadow of a name. with the development of
 the agricultural resources of Arizona
 its last chance fos local habitation has vanished forever"
 Prescott. the capital of Arizona. is splendidly situated to become . large city. In many respects its natural sur. roandings excel in advantages those of Denver, the metropolis ol Colorsdo.
 Nestled at the foot of attractive mountains. at the most practicable outlet of an extensive and rich mineral
 belt. its altitude nearly 6.ooo feet, about
 midway between the 34th and 3s,h par allels- North latitude and the roth and
 IIsth mesidians West longitude. with an uneQualed climate, commanding as . distributibg point very large area of productive mineral, grazing and timber lands. and lying in the most direct and feasible roadway to the north and east from the richest agricultural sections of the territory, besides having many fine agricultural valleys directly tributary to it. its prospects for the future are in the highest degree dattering.
 Prescott was located twenty-four years ago by . hardy band of pioneers and named after the famous historian of that name. With the exception of . short interval it has been the capital of the territory ever since. It has progressed steadily in prosperity notwithstanding its isolated position and the difficulties with which it has had to contend. Its buildings, public and private, are sub stantiAl, attractive and comfortable, and many of them built of brick. Poverty is not known, and an appearance of so- lidity prevails. Employment can be had by those seeking it, in nearly every voca- ton common to western towns, at Ii eral compensation. The municipal govern ment has been exceedingly well con ducted, and the abeence of ruffianism and outlawry peculiar to most frontier places is conspicuous. It is the county seat of Yavspai county, the largest county in the territory. and one of the largest of such subdivisions in the coun- try, larger than many of the states, com prising 33,O0O square miles and capable of supporting population of several hundred thousand souls within its now thoroughly explored limits, while in this county, between the Atlantic ( Pacific railroad and the southern boundary of Utah, is an immense stretch of compar- atively unknown country, of which prospectors and explorers say large is well watered and timbered and abounding in fertile grass lands in with valuable mineral bear ing mountains.
 Along and through the northwest ern corner of Yavapai county, for dis tance of nearly three hundred miles, is to be found the great natural wonder of the continent, up from the depths of which the great Colorado looks from its mar row bed, 5000 feet below the earth's surface, to the twinkling stars, at mid day, and nature surpasses the widest fancies of art in the magnificent grand- eur of its work. Immense iomes and pillars. each a mountain in itself, and vast castella.e! piles of rock. irregular and picturesque in form, are scattered and tumblsd with extravagant abandon at places in the basin of this gr, at south western river, while laundering in its marble canyons and gigantic sluicrs, thousands of feet into the earth's rent riven face the last waters Of great 'ea go roaring 10 the ocean. The natural wonders of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado cannot bc equaled in the world md to see them simply costs trip to | Ar zona.
 In every direction around Prescott scenery delights the eye, and he visiting stranger cannot repress the admiration he feels when he | 'iews for the first time this lovely noun ain city. Fine school and church build ngs and beautiful residences give evi- |ence of comfortable and refined living. There are . great many heavy business 'ouses, carrying large stocks of general merchandise, and the town has two daily nd three weekly newspapers. Excel ent water is supplied from running mountain streams, wells and steam water Iorks. Natural ice is to be had from he mountains, and artificial ice is man. factured in town. Prescott has never cen visited by . boom, it has progressed olely upon its merits. No kind of busi- ess is overdone, and all kinds of profit ble investments await the capitalist and immigrant. Prices are moderate for all inds of property, and no undue excite rent prevails, such as has lately come , many VeAtern tovna Tn v;av of tho |